Havard Baekken

Håvard Bækken is professor of Russian Area Studies at the Norwegian Defence University College. His recent research focuses on patriotic education and militarized identity policy in Russia and he has published numerous articles o this topic. More recently, he has also done research on the situation in the occupied territories of Ukraine, with particular attention to Russia’s strategies and practices targeting children. Bækken is also the author of several publications on quasi-legal practices in Russia.